Notable burials · WV
Notable people buried in West Virginia
Wikidata records 252 notable people as buried in West Virginia, spread over 71 of the cemeteries we list, the 40th highest count of any state. Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney holds the most, with 25 (10% of the state total).
252
notable burials
71
cemeteries with one or more
25
at Indian Mound Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in West Virginia
Government
Military
American Civil War veterans19Korean War veterans2Medal of Honor recipients7Spanish-American War veterans3Vietnam War veterans1World War I veterans8World War II veterans10
Arts and entertainment
Actors4Architects4Painters, sculptors and photographers7Journalists7Musicians and singers5Writers and poets11
Sports
American football players11Baseball players12Basketball players2
Science and work
Business leaders6Inventors and engineers3Physicians4Scientists3
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in West Virginia
- Eileen Brennan1932-2013American actress and singerEdge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, WV
- Arch A. Moore1923-2015American politicianRiverview Cemetery, Moundsville, WV
- Carwood Lipton1920-2001WWII American army officerWoodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV
- George William Johnson1869-1944American politicianEdge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, WV
- Cecil H. Underwood1922-2008American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Middlebourne, WV
- Henry G. Davis1823-1916American senator from West VirginiaMaplewood Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- William Wallace Barron1911-2002American politicianMaplewood Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- Davis Elkins1876-1959United States Senator from West VirginiaMaplewood Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- Eleanor Steber1914-1990SingerGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Matthew M. Neely1874-1958American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- Albert G. Jenkins1830-1864American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- William Lyne Wilson1843-1900American politicianEdge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, WV
- Frank Hereford1825-1891American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Union, WV
- William E. Chilton1858-1939American politicianTeays Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, WV
- Joseph Johnson1785-1877Virginia politicianBridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, WV
- Howard Sutherland1865-1950American politicianMaplewood Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- Henry D. Hatfield1875-1962American politicianWoodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV
- John J. Cornwell1867-1953American politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Francis Harrison Pierpont1814-1899American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- Walter Eli Clark1869-1950American journalist and 1st Governor of Alaska TerritorySpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- Cornelius Burdette1878-1955Sport shooterSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- Hulett C. Smith1918-2012American politicianSunset Memorial Park, Mabscott, WV
- Allen T. Caperton1810-1876American lawyer and politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Union, WV
- Ken Hechler1914-2016American politicianBranch Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery, Augusta, WV
- William E. Glasscock1862-1925American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Waitman T. Willey1811-1900American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Albert B. White1856-1941American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV
- Dagmar1921-2001American actress, model, and television personalityWoodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV
- Benjamin Stanton1809-1872American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- John J. Jacob1829-1893American politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Hugh Ike Shott1866-1953Newspaper editor, radio and TV broadcaster, politicianMonte Vista Park, Princeton, WV
- John Kee1874-1951American politicianMonte Vista Park, Princeton, WV
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey1886-1965American politicianGreenlawn Cemetery, Clarksburg, WV
- Herman G. Kump1877-1962American politician and judgeBeverly Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- John D. Hoblitzell Jr.1912-1962American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV
- Linda Goodman1925-1995American astrologerMount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV
- Hazel Dickens1925-2011Activist, singerRoselawn Memorial Garden, Princeton, WV
- George Preston Marshall1896-1969Founder and former owner of the Washington RedskinsIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Aretas B. Fleming1839-1923American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- Clarence Wayland Watson1864-1940American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- Elizabeth Kee1895-1975American politicianMonte Vista Park, Princeton, WV
- James A. Hughes1861-1930American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- Thomas W. Bennett1947-1969United States Army Medal of Honor recipientEast Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Israel C. White1848-1927American geologistEast Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Robert L. Hogg1893-1973American politicianLone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV
- Homer A. Holt1898-1975American politicianRosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg, WV
- Thomas Beall Davis1828-1911American politicianMaplewood Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- George W. Thompson1806-1888American judge and politicianStone Church Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Clarence W. Meadows1904-1961American politicianWildwood Cemetery, Beckley, WV
- Hubert Summers Ellis1887-1959American politicianWoodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV
- Chester D. Hubbard1814-1891American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Stephen Ailes1912-2001American lawyer and government officialIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- James Kee1917-1989American politicianMonte Vista Park, Princeton, WV
- Joe L. Smith1880-1962American politicianSunset Memorial Park, Mabscott, WV
- William Porcher Miles1822-1899American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Union, WV
- Charles E. Hogg1852-1935American politicianLone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV
- Mike Hodge1947-2017American television actor and film actorRestlawn Memorial Gardens, Bluewell, WV
- Harry C. Woodyard1867-1929American politicianSpencer Memorial Cemetery, Spencer, WV
- Philip R. Thompson1766-1837American politicianCollege Hill Cemetery, Saint Albans, WV
- Breece D'J Pancake1952-1979American writerMilton Cemetery, Milton, WV
- T. Texas Tyler1916-1972American musicianWoodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV
- Frank Gatski1921-2005American football playerWest Virginia National Cemetery, Grafton, WV
- William Armstrong1782-1865American politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Carl G. Bachmann1890-1980American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Henry Bedinger1812-1858American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
- O. Winston Link1914-2001American photographerElmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
- A. C. Schiffler1889-1970American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Will E. Neal1875-1959American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- Eustace Gibson1842-1900American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- Hugh Caperton1781-1847American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Union, WV
- Augustus A. Chapman1803-1876Confederate Army generalGreen Hill Cemetery, Union, WV
- Kellian Whaley1821-1876Union Army officerLone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV
- Daniel Polsley1803-1877American politicianLone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV
- Hu Maxwell1860-1927American historian and writerOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Edgar C. Wilson1800-1860American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- John Hagans1838-1900American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss1842-1925American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Russ Craft1919-2009American football playerFranklin Cemetery, Wellsburg, WV
- Charles Brooks Smith1844-1899American politician from West VirgniaMount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV
- Bethuel Kitchen1812-1895American politicianShanghai Presbyterian Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV
- Patrick Gass1771-1870Sergeant in the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionBrooke Cemetery, Wellsburg, WV
- Marshall S. Cornwell1871-1898American newspaper publisher and editor, journalist, writer, and poetIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- John O. Pendleton1851-1916American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- William Pallister Hubbard1843-1921American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Devil Anse Hatfield1839-1921Patriarch of the Hatfield clanHatfield Cemetery, Mallory, WV
- Alexander W. Monroe1817-1905American schoolteacher, farmer, lawyer, surveyor, military officer, politician, newspaper editor and newspaper publisher, Confederate States Army officer, and Speaker of the West Virginia House of DelegatesIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Lewis Baker1832-1899American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Benjamin F. Martin1828-1895American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- Powell F. Carter, Jr.1931-2017United States Navy admiralHarper Cemetery, Bolivar, WV
- Ralph E. Pomeroy1930-1952United States Army Medal of Honor recipientAt the End of the Trail Cemetery, Rainelle, WV
- James F. Strother1868-1930American politician and lawyerMonte Vista Park, Princeton, WV
- Margaret Leach1926-2007American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- Charles B. Hoard1805-1886American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- Elliott Northcott1869-1946United States federal judgeSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- Andrew Beirne1771-1845American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Union, WV
- Charlie Hickman1876-1934American baseball playerEast Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Alexander Newman1804-1849American politicianMount Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, WV
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman1879-1936American politicianEast Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Virgil A. Lewis1848-1912American lawyerLone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV
- Thomas Wilson1765-1826U.S. Representative from VirginiaOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Harry Clarke1916-2005American football playerLawnwood Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- James Pindall1783-1825American politicianDaniel Davisson DAR Cemetery, Clarksburg, WV
- John Taylor Lewis1894-1983U.S. Army generalMount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV
- Lewis Steenrod1810-1862American politicianStone Church Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Daniel Cruger1780-1843American politicianStone Church Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Robert White1833-1915American lawyer, born 1833Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- James Sloan Kuykendall1878-1928American farmer, criminal defense lawyer, and politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- William B. Cornwell1864-1926American lawyer, businessperson, newspaper editor and publisher, and railroad and timber executiveIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Howard Hille Johnson1846-1913American educator and school founderIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- John Collins Covell1823-1887American educator and school administratorIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Henry Bell Gilkeson1850-1921American politician, lawyer, school administrator, and bankerIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Jack Glasscock1857-1947American baseball playerGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- William H. Davis1848-1938American educator and school administratorSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- William Whedbee Kirkland1833-1915Confederate Army generalElmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
- Thomas Van Swearingen1784-1822American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
- Marie Prescott1850-1893American stage actressElmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
- Eloise Hughes Smith1893-1940Titanic survivorSpring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV
- James Capehart1847-1921American politicianLone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV
- Bill Denver1895-1933American racing driverRavenswood Cemetery, Ravenswood, WV
- Max Butcher1910-1957American baseball playerForest Lawn Cemetery, Chapmanville, WV
- Frederick Lincoln Emory1867-1919American football coachOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Lewis Yeager1878-1906College football coachOak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
- Thomas Haymond1794-1869Confederate Army officerMaple Grove Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- Edward Gay Rohrbough1874-1956American politicianStalnaker Cemetery, Glenville, WV
- Lemuel Chenoweth1811-1887American architectBeverly Cemetery, Elkins, WV
- Walter Mahan1902-1990American football playerOak Grove Cemetery, Follansbee, WV
- George Baumgardner1891-1970Major League Baseball pitcherBarboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, WV
- Frank Bunetta1916-1978American television director and producerMount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV
- William Lodge1890-1950American football coachGreenwood Cemetery, Sistersville, WV
- Ezra Midkiff1882-1957American baseball playerWoodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV
- Simon Peter Hullihen1810-1857American dentistMount Wood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Thomas O. Edwards1810-1876American politicianMount Wood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- Fred B. Lambert1873-1967West Virginia educator and regional historianWhite Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, WV
- Bill White1860-1924American baseball player, born 1860Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- John Baker White1868-1944American lawyer, military officer, and politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Joshua Soule Zimmerman1874-1962American lawyer, politician, and orchardistIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Robert White1876-1935American lawyer and politician from West VirginiaIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Christian Streit White1839-1917American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, pisciculturist, and politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Isaac Parsons1814-1862American planter, politician, and military officerIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- William Henry Foote1794-1869American Presbyterian ministerIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- John Rinehart Blue1905-1965American politicianIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- Frederick F. Faris1870-1927American architectGreenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, WV
- William C. Clayton1831-1915American educator, lawyer, politician, and businessperson in the U.S. state of West VirginiaIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, WV
- A. C. Lyons1873-1942American architectWoodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
- George Krebs1872-1939American football player and coachSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- Robert S. Carr1845-1925American politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- Samuel Augustine Miller1819-1890Confederate Army officerSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- Harry Anderson1872-1957American football coachSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV
- Alex B. Mahood1888-1970American architectMonte Vista Park, Princeton, WV
- Johnny Gorsica1915-1998American baseball playerSunset Memorial Park, Mabscott, WV
Showing 150 of 252. Each cemetery page lists everyone recorded there.
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Indian Mound Cemetery · Romney25
- Greenwood Cemetery · Wheeling18
- Spring Hill Cemetery · Huntington17
- Elmwood Cemetery · Shepherdstown13
- Spring Hill Cemetery · Charleston12
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Fairmont12
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Morgantown12
- Woodmere Memorial Park · Huntington10
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Parkersburg10
- Green Hill Cemetery · Union9
- Lone Oak Cemetery · Point Pleasant9
- Monte Vista Park · Princeton8
- Edge Hill Cemetery · Charles Town7
- Sunset Memorial Park · Mabscott6
- Stone Church Cemetery · Wheeling5
- Maplewood Cemetery · Elkins5
- West Virginia National Cemetery · Grafton4
- Harper Cemetery · Bolivar4
- East Oak Grove Cemetery · Morgantown4
- At the End of the Trail Cemetery · Rainelle3
- Ridgelawn Memorial Park · Pea Ridge2
- Hatfield Cemetery · Mallory2
- Mount Wood Cemetery · Wheeling2
- Wildwood Cemetery · Beckley2
- Beverly Cemetery · Elkins2
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107